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Modified Biserial Correlation Coefficients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Helena Chmura Kraemer
Helena Chmura Kraemer*
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Stanford University
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Reprint requests should be addressed to Helena Chmura Kraemer, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.
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Abstract

Asymptotic distribution theory of Brogden's form of biserial correlation coefficient is derived and large sample estimates of its standard error obtained. Its efficiency relative to the biserial correlation coefficient is examined. Other modifications of the statistic are evaluated, and on the basis of these results, recommendations for choice of estimator of biserial correlation are presented.

Keywords

biserial correlationefficiency

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Psychometrika , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 275 - 282
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Copyright © 1981 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

Supported by the National Institute of Mental Health Specialized Research Center Grant #MH-30854 and by the National Institute of Mental Health Grant #MH-11028.

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